Circular Knitting pin; Knitting needle

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Circular Knitting pin; Knitting needle

Entry/Object ID

2009.051.004

Description

Circular metal knitting pin [needle] -- relatively short needle ends joined with braided steel cable, on orginal cardboard packaging. The packaging is printed in medium and light turquoise and black on white. Upper area reads: "The/"Cable"/Flexible/Knitting/Pin". A block on left side is titled "Size" and "11" is stamped in the block. A similar block on the right side is titled "Length" and "24" is stamped in this block. Another text block, turquoise on black, reads: "Burnished Steel Shoulders/Heavily Nickel Plated/Made in/ALL LENGTHS & SIZES". Other information reads: "Manufactured by/ALFRED SHRIMPTON & SONS LTD/REDDITCH" and "MADE IN ENGLAND". "65" is written in pencil in upper right corner of packaging. On reverse, in upper left corner, is written is ballpoint "542 MF"

Acquisition

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Oct-09

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

knitting pin; knitting needle, circular knitting pin; knitting needle

Class

Materials, Tools & Equipment for - Textileworking T&E - Textile Manufacturing Equipment

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

January 23, 2010

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 16, 2025